The big idea in this poetry unit plan is that structure and content work together to create meaning. Class members learn how to identify and mark the metrical patterns and line lengths used in poems. They study the structure of various...

The Odyssey is the core text in this unit study of the hero's journey motif. Along the way, kids research Greek and Roman history, mythology, art, and epic poetry. The 104-page packet is perfect for homeschool or classroom situations and...

The poems of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are the focus of a unit that asks readers to consider how an artist's life and changes in society influences his or her work. After careful study of Whitman's and Dickinson's perspectives on...

Paul Fisher, the main character in Tangerine, comes to see that it's the choices in life that lead to the consequences that make all the difference. A unit study of Bloor's young adult novel leads readers down this same path. 

Students examine the story, "Charlotte's Web" in the nine lessons of this unit. As the students progress through the book, they will explore the story plot, setting, character, and the value of friendship.

Doing the exercises in this lesson will help students comprehend the poet's meaning by giving them practice in finding imagery, metaphors, symbolism, and allusions. RL.9-10.9 alllusions to other works.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Through this practice lesson, students will learn how to interpret poetry. They will learn how to spot a metaphor, to identify imagery, and be introduced to the terms...

Read carefully in order to identify allusion, imagery, metaphor, and symbolism, and evaluate their impact on the meaning of a text.

Read carefully in order to identify allusion, imagery, metaphor, and symbolism and to evaluate their impact on the meaning of a text. RL.9-10.9 alllusions to other works.

This lesson focuses on Nikki Giovanni and her use of historical and Biblical allusions in her poetry. It includes links to her biography, a video interview with Giovanni, and to her poem "Ego Tripping." Students are to read the poem and...

This unit focuses on allusions and symbols using the poem "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell and Dante's Inferno. It provides links to a list of common allusions from the Bible and Greek/Roman mythology, Dictionary of Symbolism, and...

This is a poetry terms presentation which defines poetry terms.

This lesson focuses on Lucille Clifton, her poetry, and her use of Biblical allusions. It features links to her biography, a Wikipedia article about Absalom, three of her poems: "adam thinking," "eve thinking," and "oh absalom my son my...

This lesson focuses on Sylvia Plath, her poetry, and how to analyze a poem. It features links to her biography; three of her poems: "Morning Song," "Lady Lazarus," and "Daddy"; an analysis of "Daddy"; and a poem anlaysis rubric. Students...

Twenty-six half hour videos on literary analysis for high school students that feature authors, scholars, actors and noted critics. Topics include The Art of the Essay, Setting and Character in Short Fiction, Responding to Literature and...

This unit focuses on satire and humor; it defines satire as a literary device used to expose follies, vices, and hypocrites to bring about change. It includes links to Gullivers Travels and Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, "The Rape of...